Story doing the rounds this week on the Island, last weekend, one of the local guys, in an effort to impress his girlfriend, borrowed his bosses boat to go fishing in the lea of the Island. They go about 1km off the coast (in about 5000m's of water so no anchoring) and start fishing. Come the end of the day, the decide its time to go home, at which point they discover they can't start the motor on the boat.
Only one thing to do, swim back to shore, and leave the boat in the ocean.
After a good swim they get back to shore, and ring the boss, he rings the police, and somehow the Navy is called.
Next Morning, the navy turns up with the boat, which they had found between 5 and 10 km off the island drifting, got hand it to them, that's service.
Then today, another guy I know (Wayne) was out paddling his two man red canoe with a Mate, looking for fish, about 1km off the Island, when the Navy (which is a bit further out to sea), start playing the Baywatch Theme song over their loud speakers. The guys absolutely pissed themselves when it happened.
I assume it gets pretty boring picking up refugees every second day, so every little distraction helps them through the day.
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